Topping off another excellent year, the NCTA Crops Judging team retained their 1st place title in the Crops contest and added the top spot in Precision Agriculture at the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Judging Conference hosted by West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas.

Memorial service for Ronald Dean Stafford of Oxford, NE will be held on May 29, 2025 in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia at 11:00 a.m. Stafford was killed 52 years ago on November 21, 1972 and was never found.

By Ryan Groeneweg, Ed.S., BCBA As a school psychologist working for a small public school, I remember a teacher asking me to observe a student in her classroom. She expressed concerns about an elementary student’s unusual behavior, lack of playing with classmates, lack of communication and even some unusual motor movements, including flapping her hands. This was in 2001, and I was experiencing my first referral for a student who would eventually receive an educational diagnosis of autism.

Everybody needs indulged from time to time. With five active kids, someone is getting dragged along to someone else’s activities endlessly.

When you think of 4-H, do you image a farm and exhibiting animals at a county fair? Well, think again. 4-H is about learning lifelong skills, creating new friendships, discovering new opportunities, exploring projects, and so much more. 4-H offers a wide variety of project interests such as consumer & family sciences, communications & expressive arts, animals & plants, healthy living, environmental sciences, science & technology, career and college readiness, agricultural literacy, citizenship and leadership. In fact, there are over 150 projects from which to choose. Some learning activities 4-H’ers might participate in include speech contests, quality assurance training for raising meat animals, livestock judging and home environment workshops. There are also a variety of camps 4-H’ers may attend during the summer that also provide learning experiences as well as fun.

Nebraska is steeped in military tradition. It is home to Offutt Air Force Base, Camp Ashland, and our Nebraska National Guard. The Guard’s roots run deep. In 1854, 13 years before Nebraska achieved statehood, Territory Governor Thomas B. Cumings called for Nebraska settlers to form two militia regiments which laid the foundation for the Nebraska National Guard.

CURTIS - The Hi-Line boys golf team pieced together another consistent set of rounds and took Runner-Up honors at the RPAC Golf Tournament in Curtis Thursday. The Bulls had just one golfer in the top ten individuals - Zach Whittaker finished tenth with an 87 - but the Bulls were consistent as Parker Schutz finished 13th with an 89 and Hudson Weeder and Gavin Tilson each carded rounds of 91 to tie for 16th.

SUTHERLAND - While a number of RPAC track and field athletes had put forth some of the best times and marks in the State, Friday represented the first time the entire conference gathered for one meet. The competition brought out the best in the athletes as nearly half of the RPAC Track and Field records were broken and ten local athletes won individual gold in addition to a pair of championship relays.

BEAVER CITY – During the regular meeting on May 5, 2025, the city council discussed and acted on several items. Nate Fox of Fox Insurance Agency, who is the area agent for LARM (League Association of Risk Management), reviewed the recent insurance evaluation with council members.

Maywood - May 17 @ 10 am Medicine Valley - May 10 @ 4 pm Southwest - May 10 @ 10:30 am Southern Valley - May 10 @ 1 pm Bartley’s American Legion to Close Down Building Members of American Legion Post Number 245 recently made a hard decision. At the organization’s last meeting, it was determined that the building would be permanently closed with utilities being shut off at the end of the month.